NGEF Funds First-ever Street Lights For Shefa Provincial Council
The National Green Energy Fund (NGEF) Board approved and committed up to 8 million Vatu in loan funding to the Shefa Provincial Council’s ‘Let there be light’ Project for the installation of solar streetlights at Beverly Hills, Blacksands and Bladinier Estate in Port Vila.
Vanuatu Pushes for More Support at the UN Climate Negotiations
Vanuatu delegates are gathering with the rest of the world in Germany starting this week from June 6 to 17 to discuss the earth’s future, which is currently being threatened by climate change.
Two Major Projects on Climate Change Adaptation for Vanuatu Approved
The Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation (MoCCA) through Vanuatu’s National Designated Authority (NDA) is pleased to announce two significant projects on Climate Change Adaptation, the Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu (VCAP 2) and Vanuatu Climate Change Resilience Project (VCCRP).
Ministry of Climate Change Reviews and Develops Five-year Roadmap
The Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology and Geo-Hazards, National Disaster Management Office, Energy, and Environment Protection reviewed and validated its Corporate Plan for 2022 to 2026.
Call for Action to Protect Wetlands for People and Nature
World Wetlands Day is celebrated annually on February 2 to raise awareness about wetlands.This year’s theme, as set by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, is “Wetlands Action for People and Nature”.
Vanuatu Signs Bilateral Agreement with Switzerland
A bilateral Agreement on climate change cooperation was signed yesterday on November 11, 2021 between Vanuatu and Switzerland on the side of the COP26 climate conference.
The signing was done virtually via Zoom between the Hon. Minister of Climate Change, Energy, Environment Protection and Conservation, Meteorology & Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management, Bruno Lengkone Tao and Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Her Excellency Simonetta Sommaruga.
First Pre-COP Event Held in Vanuatu in Buildup to COP26
For the first time on October 25, 2021, Vanuatu hosted a two-day Pre-COP event in Port Vila, starting with a High-Level Ministerial Segment that involved the Honourable Prime Minister, Bob Loughman Weibur and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Rt. Honourable Broness Patricia Scotland.
The purpose of the Pre-COP event was to provide a setting to discuss and exchange views on some key political aspects of the negotiations and offer political guidance for subsequent negotiations.
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